Arkansas becomes first state to drop partnership with PBS after funding cut

Arkansas has become the first state to cut ties with PBS after a state commission voted to end the public television partnership on Thursday. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission said it ...
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Educational Television commissioner criticizes vote to sever ties with PBS

An Arkansas Educational Television commissioner is taking issue with the commission's decision to sever ties with the Public ...

Arkansas drops PBS, citing costs and loss of federal funding

The decision will end statewide access to PBS programming starting July 1, with the network rebranding as Arkansas TV. The ...

Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation

The state’s educational television commission cited a $2.5 million reduction in annual federal funding from the Corporation ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas commission votes to cut ties with PBS, rebrand stations as Arkansas TV

Arkansas is the first state to announce it will sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service after funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was cut to PBS stations nationwide last ...

Arkansas PBS to rebrand as Arkansas TV after federal funding loss | What to know

Arkansas's only statewide public television network announced that it will be officially rebranding from "Arkansas PBS" to ...

2025 lookback: Trump yanks federal funding from NPR in move conservative advocates said was long overdue

NPR was long lambasted by President Trump and other Republicans as a left-leaning institution that didn’t deserve taxpayer ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...